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DORWARD, Stewart Ryan
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX48469 |
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Enlisted: | 26 July 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Kirrienwinni, Victoria, Australia , 7 September 1910 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Killed in Action, Malaya, 19 January 1942, aged 31 years |
Cemetery: |
Kranji War Cemetery Grave Reference: Sp. Mem. 19. A. 5. INSCRIPTION - HE DIED, WE LIVE |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX48469 | |
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26 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX48469, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He is commemorated in Kirriemuir Old Parish Church in Scotland with a stained glass window.
Regiment-Australian Infantry- A.I.F. 2/29 Bn.
He was 31 and the son of John and Susan Dorward, of Geelong West, Victoria, Australia.